TODAY

It is now 7:38 am on a cloudy Wednesday morning.
I woke up feeling a little better than when I went to bed,
I've been sick over the last few days,
It started with a fever at my friend D's wedding reception.
This morning, I cleared my sinuses and noticed all
the lovely toxins on my tissue paper.
It was a strange neon tint no less. :p

No work for me today.
I called in sick so that I can sleep more and rest.
I haven't been able to shake my symptoms completely
and I don't want to get others sick at work.

So today, I will swim in a pool of comfort
under my covers
and will nap as many times as possible.

I hope to dream of being some place far away from here
together with my significant other (SO).
My little 6-day vacation last week was not enough, so
I hope to indulge in a fantasy vacation at the very least.
I really don't feel like I had a true vacation to begin with.

It was fun, though, except the getting a fever part.
We went down to southern California to celebrate D's
wedding. My SO was a groomsman and a few of our
friends from up here also went down for the wedding.
It was refreshing to see true happiness in a couple like that.

Anyhow, I started getting my fever at the beginning of the wedding
reception, so I had to forego my filet mignon and the
plethora of free drinks that I could have downed at
their open bar.

I was getting the usual fever chills, so I wore my pea coat
and brought in my plaid blanket from the car to
cover the rest of me.
I know...TOTALLY ghetto...but I really didn't care.
I was determined to keep myself alive until the end of the reception,
no matter what it took.
After all, D's wedding only happens once in a lifetime and I sure was
not going to miss it!

Thankfully, all of the bridesmaids were nurses (D married a nurse),
so of course my chances of getting my hands on some drugs
to reduce my fever were quite high.
My SO's partner in the wedding was nice enough to spare me
a Co-Tylenol pill, which I happily downed
and reduced my fever in the next 2 hours.
I even danced a few times before the night was over.

Still, it probably would have been better for me
to let my fever run its course
to kill all the toxins in my body.
I probably would have gotten better faster.

But that's ok.
I'll just sleep some more today.
I better get started now.
G'night!